Hog-ring pinchers



(Nd Model.)

B. MAJOR.

HOG RING PINGHERS.

No. 256,713. Patented Apr. 18, 1882.

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EBER MAJOR, OF MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

HOG-RING PINCHERS.

FEPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,713, dated April18, 1882.

Application filed January 3, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EBER MAJOR, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in the county of Macon and State oflllinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog- RingPinchers, ofwhich thefollowingisaspecification,and which has never beenpatented to me, nor to others,with my knowledge and consent, in anyforeign country.

Myinvention consist in constructing apincher Wllll the followingpeculiarites: First, the upper jaw projects over the lowerjaw to adistance equal to one-half its length; second, the inner surface of theupper jaw de cribes an approximate semicircle and is groovedlongitudinally; third, the inner surface of the lower jaw describes aquarter-circle, is also grooved, and is provided with a recess extendingback in a direction .parallel with the length of the pincher.

Theaccompanying drawings form a part of this specification andillustrate the invention.

Figure 1 shows the pincher-jaws in section opened. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the blank. Fig. 3 shows the pincher-jaws closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

. m, is the upper jaw; n, the lowerjaw; 0, the space between theja-ws;and d is the recess in the lowerjaw.

By reference to the drawings it will be seen that all these points arenecessary,and to bet- '-ter illustrate 1 will divide the blank intothree parts-namely, bar a, bend b, and projection 0. Then bar a, beingstraight, will not conform to the curve in the lower jaw, but mustextend across the space between thejaws. Hence the position-anddirection of recess (1 becomes a necessity. By locating the recess sohigh the bend b is thrown up and around, so that the upper jaw must beextended to conform there- (No model.)

to, and as the point of the blank must be forced against projection cthe lower jaw must be shortened to leave room for the hogs snout.

The greater length of the upper jaw serves to bend the blank with greataccuracy and certainty. One-halfofthe full length of the blank isalways, during the process ofinsertion ,in the grooveot' this upper jawand being operated upon by it, so that the blank is forced to bend inthe form of a circle, and is forced through the snout of the hog alwaysat the same depth. This latter advantage is obtained by the relativelength of the lower and shorter jaw, 12, which,when placed with its endagainst the end ofthe hogs snout, allo we the upper or longer jaw to dothe compressing and bending, and

always insures that the point of the blank directed by the upper jawwill enter the snout at the same distance from the rootcr.

I claim- The herein-described pinchers, having the longer or upper jaw,m, encompassing an are equal to one-half of a circle, and the lower orshorter jaw, n, encompassing an are equal to one-quarter of a circle,each jaw being provided with the groove extending around it, and thelower one being provided with the recess (1, the said pinchers beingadapted to have the end of the lowerjaw placed against the end of thehogs snout, and to have the upper jaw forced down while the lowerremains idle, so that a half-circle or a half of the full length of theblank will be under this upperjaw and be operated upon therebycontinuously and regularly, thereby insuring the even and regularbending of the blank to form a circle, as set forth.

EBER MAJOR.

Witnesses:

L. P. GRAHAM, JNo. L. WA'rsoN.

